Dictionary Entry
melt
melt is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See 2d Milt. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
See 2d Milt.
- 2verb
To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.
- 3verb
Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- 4intransitive verb
To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
- 5intransitive verb
To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
- 6intransitive verb
Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
- 7intransitive verb
To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
- 8intransitive verb
To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
- 9noun
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"
"the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
- 10verb
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"
"her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
- 11verb
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
"The scene begins to fade"
"The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
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- 12verb
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
"With age, he mellowed"
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- 13verb
become or cause to become soft or liquid
"The sun melted the ice"
"the ice thawed"
- 14verb
lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
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- 15verb
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
"melt butter"
"melt down gold"
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